Stanley John Whidden - Self defense course by Stanley John Whidden for Female Awareness is designed to make you more aware, prepared, and ready for any situation that may occur in your everyday life on any given day. This course differs from other self defense classes in that they start from the point of attack, and since I believe attacks begin before it becomes physical, we teach how to avoid the attack altogether.

1. Women Self Defense
A good self defense course, or self defense section of a martial arts style, should
cover the following
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2. Women's Self Defense
• Awareness and avoidance - being aware of potential danger is
the easiest way to avoid it, providing someone with the skills
to spot trouble is essential.
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3. Women's Self Defense
• Simple effective defense techniques - techniques both
standing and on the ground should be learned. These should
be simple in execution rather than complex using gross rather
than fine motor skills
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4. Women's Self Defense
• Power production - it's all very well learning a striking
technique and keeping it safe to train but it is essential that
any given skill can be delivered with power, otherwise it is not
effective
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5. Women's Self Defense
• Movement skills - movement is essential not only in the
delivery of techniques but also to be able to effect an escape.
This is especially so for multiple attackers
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6. • Pressure testing - once learned skills should be applied under
increasingly difficult situations approaching what a real fight
would be like Not all self defense courses have the time to
cover all of these aspects as often training will only be
available for as little as one afternoon per year, for certain at
risk jobs. For me though the biggest crime is to 'forget' to
include some form of relevant pressure testing.
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